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Activist and African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has called on the federal government to extend the demolition tactics deployed against kidnappers’ hideouts to the mansions of politicians and public officials accused of stealing public funds. In a statement on his X handle on Tuesday, Sowore argued that the looting of the public treasury…
Football’s biggest stage is set for a historic shift as the FIFA World Cup 2026 opens in two days, expanding to 48 teams and being jointly hosted by three countries for the first time: Canada, Mexico and the United States. The tournament, widely regarded as the world’s premier international football competition, runs from June…
Nigeria loses more than 53,000 people each year to diseases linked to contaminated food, with nearly 50 million cases of foodborne illness recorded annually and children under five carrying over 80 per cent of the burden, the Federal Government has revealed. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, made…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed allegations by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, over the conduct of the African Democratic Congress presidential primary, describing them as a cocktail of bitterness, conjecture, and political revisionism dressed up as public interest. The rebuttal, contained in a statement issued on Tuesday…
Iran’s football federation says the United States has revoked the ticket allocation reserved for its supporters at the 2026 World Cup, accusing the co-host of shutting out Iranian fans from all three of the team’s group stage matches as a bitter diplomatic standoff bleeds into the tournament. The Iranian Football Federation said the United…
The Federal Government has confirmed the death of four persons and serious injuries to 24 others in the train accident along the Warri–Itakpe Train Service corridor near Agbor, Delta State. The confirmation came in a statement issued by the Nigerian Railway Corporation on Tuesday through the Federal Ministry of Transportation, signed by the ministry’s…
The Federal Government has warned it may impose economic sanctions on South Africa if the host country fails to protect Nigerian citizens from escalating xenophobic attacks. Foreign Affairs Minister Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu stated on Monday that the administration is ready to retaliate unless Pretoria acts firmly against local anti-immigrant mobs. The minister confirmed that while any…
A serious passenger train derailment along the Warri–Itakpe rail corridor has left three people dead and multiple coaches destroyed in Delta State. The fatal accident occurred on Monday near the Agbor axis as the train traveled from Ujevwu station toward its northern terminus. Four commercial coaches left the tracks during transit, causing chaos as hundreds…
Iran and Israel have halted direct military strikes against each other’s territories following hours of a dramatic exchange of firepower that threatened to spark an all-out regional war. Both nations announced the sudden suspension of hostilities on Monday afternoon after United States President Donald Trump issued an urgent appeal for an immediate end to the…
Nigeria recorded a massive 7.55 trillion naira merchandise trade surplus in the first quarter of 2026, despite a mild contraction in total aggregate trade. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the total value of foreign trade dropped slightly to 34.79 trillion naira from 36.21 trillion naira in the preceding quarter. This positive…
